CONTENTS 



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SNUGGING-DOWN DAYS ^ i 



CERTAIN WHITE-FACED HORNETS . . 23 



THIN ICE 45 



WINTER FERN-HUNTING 65 



THE BARE HILLS IN MIDWINTER . . 87 



SOME JANUARY BIRDS 107 



WHEN THE SNOW CAME 129 



THE MINK'S HUNTING GROUND . . . 151 



IN THE WHITE WOODS 169 



THE ROAD TO MUDDY POND . . . . 191 



AMONG THE MUSKRAT LODGES . . . 215 



THICK ICE 235 



